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Sweetwater Livestock Auction

Name: Sweetwater Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Sweetwater, Tennessee · Wed, Mar 18

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2067

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

94 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 81▲ 21 vs year ago 73 · +28.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 23▲ 0 vs year ago 30 · +0.0%

Also sold hereGraded Feeder Cattle SaleFri Oct 16, 2026 Graded Holstein Steer SaleFri Oct 9, 2026 Replacement Cattle Sale (Seasonal)Fri Apr 24, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts, however, a higher undertone was noted for feeder and slaughter cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $419.81/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 9 of 9 comparable sales and sits +44.83 against this barn's trailing median of $374.98.

Average price

$419.81

11 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,174

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$38.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.27

vs TN average

+3.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	423.30	2,189	10thin
Medium and Large 2	525	385.00	2,021	1thin

One grade step is worth $38.30/cwt here — about $168 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

419.81

—

TN average15 barns · 379 hd

401.54

+18.27

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

+3.69

This barn, trailing median9 sales

374.98

+44.83

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.81, low $325.16, median $374.98 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,905	200.00	3,810	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	178.46	2,119	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,414	171.51	2,425	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	976	149.93	1,463	11

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	525	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	3,098	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	560	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,576	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	365	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,770	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,652	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	410	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,050	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,026	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	444.50/cwt	444.50–444.50	2,022	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	425.05/cwt	405.00–432.50	2,181	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,021	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,262	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,254	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	675	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,430	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,346	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	326.58/cwt	325.00–329.00	2,413	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	880	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,728	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	320	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,680	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,240	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,843	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	459.83/cwt	452.50–465.00	2,170	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,287	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,194	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,398	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,491	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,905	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,810	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	890	136.63/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,216	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,000	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,660	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	154.92/cwt	147.00–162.00	1,562	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	182.61/cwt	178.00–190.00	2,283	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,414	171.51/cwt	165.00–176.00	2,425	4

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

East Tennessee Livestock Center - Sweetwater, TN

Wed Mar 18, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 94Last week 81Year ago 73

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 23Year ago 30

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts, however, a higher undertone was noted for feeder and slaughter cattle.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	166.00	166.00
3	—	1,250	178.00–190.00	182.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,414	165.00–176.00	171.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,008	147.00–162.00	154.92
3	—	890	136.00–137.00	136.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	200.00	200.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	455	444.50	444.50
9	500–550	513	405.00–432.50	425.05
1	550–600	555	407.50	407.50
2	600–650	635	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	695	337.50	337.50
5	700–750	739	325.00–329.00	326.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	485.00	485.00
1	400–450	410	500.00	500.00
1	650–700	675	360.00	360.00
5	850–900	880	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	452.50	452.50
1	500–550	525	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	525.00	525.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	560.00	560.00
5	450–500	472	452.50–465.00	459.83
4	500–550	514	445.00	445.00
4	550–600	561	391.00	391.00
1	650–700	685	350.00	350.00
2	800–850	810	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	455.00	455.00
1	650–700	655	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	590.00	590.00
1	550–600	560	460.00	460.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.